The X-Files Episode Guide (Season 3 Episodes) SEASON 3 (1995-1996) EPISODES 3.1 "THE BLESSING WAY" Writer: Chris Carter Director: R.W. Goodwin Original Broadcast: 9/22/95 Guest Cast: M.D. (Forbes Angus) Frohike (Tom Braidwood) Luis Cardinal aka Hispanic Man (Lenno Britos) Camouflage Man (Mitchell Davies) Smoking Man (William B. Davis) William Mulder (Peter Donat) Security Guard (Ernie Foort) Tour Guide (Benita Ha) Deep Throat (Jerry Hardin) Eric Hosteen (Dakota House) Dr. Mark Pomerantz (Alf Humphreys) Margaret Scully (Sheila Larken) Agent Alex Krycek (Nicholas Lea) Melissa Scully (Melinda McGraw) Well-Manicured Man (John Neville) Senior FBI Agent (Michael David Simms) Mrs. Mulder (Rebecca Toolan) Minister (Ian Victor) Albert Hosteen (Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman) Elder (Don S. Williams) The Smoking Man works quickly to recover the stolen computer files, but finds himself thwarted by a man whom he hope is dead. Meanwhile, Scully finds herself at a loss for her next step and turns to her family for support, since Mulder is otherwise engaged fighting for survival. _Part two of three._ 3.2 "PAPER CLIP" Writer: Chris Carter Director: Rob Bowman Original Broadcast: 9/29/95 Guest Cast: Frohike (Tom Braidwood) Smoking Man (William B. Davis) Victor Klemper (Walter Gotell) Langly (Dean Haglund) Byers (Bruce Harwood) Margaret Scully (Sheila Larken) Agent Alex Krycek (Nicholas Lea) Well-Manicured Man (John Neville) Mrs. Mulder (Rebecca Toolan) Albert Hosteen (Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman) Reunited, Mulder and Scully locate an old scientist from Nazi Germany, pardoned through Operation Paper Clip. The information he gives them leads to their discovery of something which could mean their deaths. _Part three of three._ 3.3 "D.P.O." Writer: Howard Gordon Director: Kim Manners Original Broadcast: 10/6/95 Guest Cast: Stan Buxton (Peter Anderson) Jack Hammond (Mar Andersons) Zero (Jack Black) Traffic Cop (Brent Chapman) First Paramedic (Jason Anthony Griffith) Night Nurse (Bonnie Hay) Sheriff Teller (Ernie Lively) Frank Kiveat (Steve Makaj) Darren Peter Oswald (Giovanni Ribisi) Mrs. Oswald (Kate Robbins) Sharon Kiveat (Karen Witter) Mulder is skeptical over a coroner's report regarding the fifth person to be struck by lightning in a small Oklahoma town. Their investigation into the latest death seems to point to the only person to have survived a lightning strike, an emotionally-charged youth. 3.4 "CLYDE BRUCKMAN'S FINAL REPOSE" Writer: Darin Morgan Director: David Nutter Original Broadcast: 10/13/95 Guest Cast: Photographer (Greg Anderson) Clyde Bruckman (Peter Boyle) The Stupendous Yappi (Jaap Broeker) Detective Cline (Frank Cassini) Puppet (Stu Charno) Tarot Dealer (Alex Diakun) Madame Zelma (Karin Konoval) Detective Havez (Dwight McFee) Mr. Gordon (David McKay) Clerk (Ken Roberts) Skeptical of a famous psychic's predictions regarding the murder of several prognosticators, Mulder instead finds someone who he believes truly can predict the future. Though catching the killer could prove difficult, particularly if the murderer can also see into his future. 3.5 "THE LIST" Writer: Chris Carter Director: Chris Carter Original Broadcast: 10/20/95 Guest Cast: Key Guard (Denny Arnold) Guard (Craig Brunanski) Napoleon "Neech" Manley (Badja Djola) Chaplain (Joseph Patrick Finn) Vincent Parmelly (Ken Foree) Danielle Manley (April Grace) Fornier (Mitch Kosterman) Perry Simon (Bruce Pinard) Ullrich (Paul Raskin) Danny Charez (Greg Rogers) John Speranza (John Toles-Bey) Warden Leo Brodeur (J.T. Walsh) Sammon Roque (Bokeem Woodbine) A death row inmate's promise of reincarnation for the purpose of avenging the injustice of his execution begins to be fulfilled with the death of one of the Florida prison's guards. The fear of his retribution has everyone scrambling to determine if they are on the list of his five victims, including Mulder and Scully who are trying to determine how he has returned to execute his tormentors. 3.6 "2SHY" Writer: Jeffrey Vlaming Director: David Nutter Original Broadcast: 11/3/95 Guest Cast: Virgil Incanto (Timothy Carhart) Monica (Glynis Davies) Detective Alan Cross (James Handy) Jennifer (Suzy Joachim) Lauren MacKalvey (Randi Lynne) Agent Kazanjian (William MacDonald) Jesse (Aloka McLean) Ellen Kaminsky (Catherine Paolone) Joanne Steffen (Kerry Sandomirsky) Meeting insecure women through an on-line service, a serial killer seduces his prey with the right words. However, Mulder and Scully determine these killings are far from ordinary by the presence of a strange substance coating the victims, a substance which seems to digest the fatty acids in flesh. 3.7 "THE WALK" Writer: John Shiban Director: Rob Bowman Original Broadcast: 11/10/95 Guest Cast: Frances Callahan (Andrea Barclay) Quinton "Roach" Freely (Willie Garson) Army Doctor (Deryl Hayes) General Thomas Callahan (Thomas Kopache) Trevor Callahan (Brennan Kotowich) Amputee (Rob Lee) Ward Nurse (Paula Shaw) Captain Janet Draper (Nancy Sorel) Lt. Colonel Victor Stans (Don Thompson) Leonard "Rappo" Trimble (Ian Tracey) Burly Nurse (Beatrice Zeilinger) Another failed suicide attempt by a patient in a military hospital interests Mulder with the talk of a "phantom soldier" which has prevented the man's death. The general in charge is at first opposed to the FBI's involvement until the invisible killer begins stalking him. But none believe when the primary suspect is a quadraplegic. 3.8 "OUBLIETTE" Writer: Charles Grant Craig Director: Kim Manners Original Broadcast: 11/17/95 Guest Cast: Myra Jacobs (Sidonie Boll) Carl Wade (Michael Chieffo) Lucy Householder (Tracey Ellis) Mr. Larken (David Fredericks) Henry (Jacques LaLonde) Special Agent Walt Eubanks (Ken Ryan) Fast Food Supervisor (Dolly Scarr) Amy Jacobs (Jewel Staite) Tow Truck Driver (Dean Wray) When a young girl is kidnapped from her home, a fast food worker miles away collapse on the job, apparently experiencing exactly what the child is feeling. When Mulder learns that the woman was kidnapped and held hostage for years as a child, he begins to believe that she may be the key to help find the missing girl. 3.9 "NISEI" Writers: Chris Carter & Howard Gordon & Frank Spotnitz Director: David Nutter Original Broadcast: 11/24/95 Guest Cast: Penny (Gillian Barber) Senator Richard Matheson (Raymond J. Barry) Agent Pendrell (Brendan Beiser) Frohike (Tom Braidwood) Langly (Dean Haglund) Byers (Bruce Harwood) Dr. Takeo Ishimaru (Robert Ito) Lottie Holloway (Corrine Koslo) Red-Haired Man (Stephen McHattie) Coast Guard Officer (Paul McLean) Kazuo Sakurai (Yasuo Sakurai) Diane (Lori Triolo) X (Steven Williams) A mail order videotape of an alien autopsy blossoms into a much more complicated investigation when Mulder and Scully find the distributor of the tape murdered in his own home apparently by a high-ranking Japanese diplomat. Following up individual leads, Scully finds herself recognized by complete strangers while Mulder tries to find out more about the origin of the video. _Part one of two._ 3.10 "731" Writer: Frank Spotnitz Director: Rob Bowman Original Broadcast: 12/1/95 Guest Cast: Agent Pendrell (Brenden Beiser) Escalante (Colin Cunningham) Smoking Man (William B. Davis) Dr. Shiro Zama aka Dr. Takeo Ishimaru (Robert Ito) Red-Haired Man (Stephen McHattie) Conductor (Michael Puttonen) Elder (Don S. Williams) X (Steven Williams) Scully takes X's advice to heart and investigates more into the implant she removed from her neck. Mulder, having ignored the advice given him, finds himself trapped on the train with a Japanese scientist and the man sent to kill him. _Part two of two._ 3.11 "REVELATIONS" Writer: Kim Newton Director: David Nutter Original Broadcast: 12/15/95 Guest Cast: Owen Lee Jarvis (Michael Berryman) Michael Kryder (Sam Bottoms) Priest (Fulvio Cecerk) Reverend Finley (R. Lee Ermy) Carina Maywald (Lesley Ewen) Mrs. Tynes (Nicole Robert) Susan Kryder (Hayley Tyson) Simon Gates (Kenneth Welsh) Kevin Kryder (Kevin Zegers) A search for stigmatics turns up a young boy in Ohio whom Mulder and Scully immediate travel to protect. They feel that he may be the next choice of a fanatic who has murdered eleven people claiming to be stigmatics. But when it appears that this boy may be legitimate, Scully starts believing she was the one who was chosen. 3.12 "WAR OF THE COPROPHAGES" Writer: Darin Morgan Director: Kim Manners Original Broadcast: 1/5/96 Guest Cast: Customer #2 (Sean Allan) Sheriff Frass (Dion Anderson) Dr. Jeff Eckerle (Raye Birk) Dr. Bugger (Alex Bruhanski) Dude (Alan Buckley) Dr. Newton (Bill Dow) Customer #1 (Maria Herrera) Resident #1 (Tom Heaton) Dr. Inanov (Ken Kramer) Stoner (Tyler Labine) Chick (Nicole Parker) Dr. Bambi Berenbaum (Bobbie Phillips) Orderly (Wren Robertz) Customer #5 (Fiona Roeske) Resident #2 (Bobby L. Stewart) Customer #4 (Dawn Stofer) Reporter (Norma Wick) While waiting out the fumigation of his apartment, Mulder stumbles into a Massachusetts town where it appears that cockroaches have been attacking and killing several residents. Upon consulting Scully, he is told that it's probably just a load of crap. 3.13 "SYZYGY" Writer: Chris Carter Director: Rob Bowman Original Broadcast: 1/26/96 Guest Cast: Margi Kleinjan (Wendy Benson) Minister (Ryk Brown) Bob Spitz (Garry Davey) Dr. Richard W. Godfrey (Tim Dixon) Terri Roberts (Lisa Robin Kelly) Brenda Summerfield (Gabrielle Miller) Scott Simmons (Russell Porter) Eric Bauer (Jeremy Radick) Jay "Boom" DeBoom (Ryan Reynolds) Detective Angela White (Dana Wheeler-Nicholson) Zirinka (Denalda Williams) The murder of several high school students in the small town are believed to be the work of a Satanic cult through the machinations of the two girls truly at fault. The tension between Mulder and Scully and that of the townsfolk rises because of the fear and anger, though an astrologer insists it's because it is written in the stars. 3.14 "GROTESQUE" Writer: Howard Gordon Director: Kim Manners Original Broadcast: 2/2/96 Guest Cast: Agent Sheherlis (Susan Bain) Young Agent (Kasper Michaels) John Mostow (Levani Outchaneichvili) Agent Bill Patterson (Kurtwood Smith) Agent Greg Nemhauser (Greg Thirloway) Peter (Zoran Vukelic) A three year murder investigation by one of the FBI's finest behavioral scientists comes to a close with the arrest of an artist who claims to have been possessed by an evil force. But when the deaths continue, it is up to Mulder to get inside the killer's head to find this gargoyle. 3.15 "PIPER MARU" Writers: Frank Spotnitz & Chris Carter Director: Rob Bowman Original Broadcast: 2/9/96 Guest Cast: Jeraldine Kallenchuk (Jo Bates) Dr. Seizer (Paul Batten) Hispanic Man aka Luis Cardinal (Lenno Britos) Commander Johansen (Robert Clothier) Medic (Russell Ferrier) Waitress (Rochelle Greenwood) Alex Krycek (Nicholas Lea) World War II Pilot (Robert F. Maier) Wayne Morgan (Stephen E. Miller) Young Dana (Tegan Moss) Navy Base Guard (David Neale) Grey-haired Man (Morris Panych) Young Johansen (Tom Scholte) First Engineer (Joel Silverstone) Bernard Gauthier (Ari Solomon) Joan Gauthier (Kimberly Unger) The crew of the salvage ship Piper Maru return with severe radiation burns after a visit to the same location as a previous vessel, the Talypus; a ship in which Mulder is very interested. Scully's thoughts return to her murdered sister as she goes to the naval base where she grew up to question an old neighbor if he knows anything about the undersea location. _Part one of two._ 3.16 "APOCRYPHA" Writers: Frank Spotnitz & Chris Carter Director: Kim Manners Original Broadcast: 2/16/96 Guest Cast: Agent Pendrell (Brenden Beiser) Frohike (Tom Braidwood) Hispanic Man aka Luis Cardinal (Lenno Britos) First Government Man (Dmitry Chepovetsky) Armed Man (Jeff Chivers) Smoking Man (William B. Davis) Major Domo (Martin Evans) Nurse (Frances Flanagan) Langly (Dean Haglund) Byers (Bruce Harwood) Alex Krycek (Nicholas Lea) Navy Doctor (Barry Levy) Agent Caleca (Sue Mathew Agent Fuller (Kevin McNulty) Well-Manicured Man (John Neville) Sick Crewman (Peter Scoular) Elder (Don S. Williams) Mulder returns from Hong Kong with the hopes of retrieving the lost digital tape, only to have Krycek slip from his grasp. Meanwhile Scully spearheads the investigation of Skinner's attacker in the hopes that it will resolve the case of her sister's murder. _Part two of two._ 3.17 "PUSHER" Writer: Vince Gilligan Director: Rob Bowman Original Broadcast: 2/23/96 Guest Cast: Holly (Julia Arkos) Agent Collins (Steve Bacic) Defense Attorney (Meredith Bain Woodward) SWAT Lieutenant (Roger R. Cross) Lobby Guard (Ernie Foort) Lead SWAT Cop (Darren Lucas) Judge (Don MacKay) Deputy Scott Kerber (D. Neil Mark) Agent Frank Burst (Vic Polizos) Prosecutor (Brent Sheppard) Robert Patrick Modell aka Pusher (Robert Wisden) A man is apprehended yet escapes after he claims to be the hired killer of 14 people whose deaths had previously been ruled as suicides. The man, who seems to have the ability to control others, desires a challenge, leaving clues for Mulder and Scully to follow as he sets up his contest of wills. 3.18 "TESO DOS BICHOS" Writer: John Shiban Director: Kim Manners Original Broadcast: 3/8/96 Guest Cast: Dr. Winters (Garrison Chrisjohn) Dr. Lewton (Tom McBeath) Mona Wustner (Janne Mortil) Dr. Carl Roosevelt (Alan Robertson) Tim Decker (Ron Sauve) Shaman (Gordon Tootoosis) Dr. Alonzo Bilac (Vic Trevino) After two people associated with a sacred artifact disappear, Mulder and Scully investigate the apparent curse caused by the unearthing and relocation of the remains of an amaru, a female shaman. Their lead suspect is a member of the dig which brought the amaru to the US, though he is more preoccupied with using a native hallucinogen to pray to the spirit. 3.19 "HELL MONEY" Writer: Jeff Vlaming Director: Tucker Gates Original Broadcast: 3/29/96 Guest Cast: Detective Neary (Doug Abrahams) Large Man (Stephen M.D. Chang) Vase Man (Donald Fong) Dr. Wu (Diana Ha) Organ Procurment Org. Staffer (Ellie Harvik) Hard-Faced Man (James Hong) Johnny Lo (Derek Loke) Kim Hsin (Lucy Alexis Liu) Detective Glen Chao (B.D. Wong) Li Oi-Huan (Paul Wong) Hsin Shuyang (Michael Yama) When the night watchmen discovers a man being burned alive in a funeral home, it brings Mulder and Scully to investigate the deaths of many Chinese immigrants in the San Francisco bay area. With the aid of a Cantonese speaking detective, they chance upon the clues which lead them to a game where you truly bet your life. 3.20 "JOSE CHUNG'S 'FROM OUTER SPACE'" Writer: Darin Morgan Director: Rob Bowman Original Broadcast: 4/12/96 Guest Cast: The Stupendous Yappi (Jaap Broeker) Dr. Fingers (Alex Diakun) Sergeant Hyrek (Michael Dobson) Harold (Jason Gaffney) Roky Crikenson (William Lucking) Dr. Hand (Mina E. Mina) Detective Manners (Larry Musser) Lieutenant Jack Schaeffer (Daniel Quinn) Jose Chung (Charles Nelson Reilly) Chrissy Giorgio (Sarah Sawatsky) Alex Trebek (Alex Trebek) CIA Man (Andrew Turner) Man in Black (Jesse Ventura) Blaine Faulker (Allan Zinyk) Scully takes advantage of an opportunity to meet the famous writer, Jose Chung, who wishes to interview her and Mulder for his latest book on alien abduction. He has come to obtain her take on the apparent abduction of two teenagers and two grey aliens by the Lord Kinbote. 3.21 "AVATAR" Writer: Howard Gordon Story by: David Duchovny & Howard Gordon Director: James Charleston Original Broadcast: 4/26/96 Guest Cast: Agent Pendrell (Brendan Beiser) Judy Fairly (Stacy Grant) Sharon Skinner (Jennifer Hetrick) Detective Waltos (Tom Mason) Grey-haired Man (Morris Panych) Old Woman (Bethoe Shirkoff) Senior FBI Agent (Michael David Simms) Jane Cassal (Tasha Simms) Special Agent Bonnecaze (Malcolm Stewart) Carina Sayles (Amanda Tapping) Lorraine Kelleher (Jamie Woods-Morris) Dealing with having to sign the divorce papers from his wife, Assistant Director Skinner inadvertantly spends the night with a prostitute and wakes the next morning to find her dead by his side. Unable to explain the events, he half-believes he may have killed the woman, but Mulder and Scully refuse to accept that as truth. 3.22 "QUAGMIRE" Writer: Kim Newton Director: Kim Manners Original Broadcast: 5/3/96 Guest Cast: Ted Bertram (Mark Acheson) Ansel Bray (R. Nelson Brown) Sheriff Lance Hindt (Chris Ellis) Dr. Bailey (Peter Hanlon) Stoner (Tyler Labine) Snorkel Dude (Terrance Leigh) Fisherman (Murray Lowry) Chick (Nicole Parker) Dr. Farraday (Timothy Webber) The disappearance of a federal wildlife official gives Mulder the excuse he needs in order to drag Scully down to Georgia with him. They come in search of the local legend "Big Blue," an aquatic dinosaur reputed to inhabit the local lake. 3.A "MORE SECRETS OF THE X-FILES" Original Broadcast: 5/10/96 Guest Cast: Narrotor (Mitch Pileggi) A second retrospective recapping the highlights of the first three seasons, focusing on the ongoing government conspiracy plotlines. 3.23 "WETWIRED" Writer: Mat Beck Director: Rob Bowman Original Broadcast: 5/10/96 Guest Cast: Joseph Patnik (Linden Banks) Frohike (Tom Braidwood) Dr. Henry Stroman (Colin Cunningham) County Coroner (Andre Danyliu) Jimmy (Joe DeSorro) Langly (Dean Haglund) Byers (Bruce Harwood) Plain-Clothed Man (Tim Henry) Margaret Scully (Sheila Larken) Motel Manager (Joe Maffei) Duty Nurse (Heather McCarthy) Officer #1 (John McConnach) Dr. Lorenz (Crystal Verge) X (Steven Williams) Mulder and Scully investigate a series of murders in a Maryland town where it isn't caused by too much violence on television--it's simply caused by television. While Scully finds herself mesmerized by the recordings the murderers kept, Mulder sets out to prove it isn't what you see on TV, but what you don't. 3.24 "TALITHA CUMI" Writer: Chris Carter Story by: David Duchovny & Chris Carter Director: R.W. Goodwin Original Broadcast: 5/17/96 Guest Cast: Paramedic (Cam Cronin) Detective (Stephen Dimopoulos) William Mulder (Peter Donat) Deep Throat (Jerry Hardin) Night Nurse (Bonnie Hay) Doctor (John Maclaren) Galen Muntz (Hrothgar Mathews) Jeremiah Smith (Roy Thinnes) Pilot (Brian Thompson) Mrs. Mulder (Rebecca Toolan) Doorman (Angelo Vacco) X (Steven Williams) A disgruntled worker starts an incident where four people are shot, but a mysterious man miraculously heals them all before vanishing. Mulder and Scully begin work on the case when Mulder receives word that his mother was admitted to the hospital. Discovering she recently met with the Smoking Man, he feels certain the two events are related. So, he begins his search for the healer, but he is not the only hunter. _Part one of two._